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A Conversation Between Myself Now and Myself at 15 Years Old

Mr. Matt Passet

Matt Passet, Whim’s contributor least encumbered by the laws of space and time, relates a conversation between himself and … himself.

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A Conversation Between Two Prolific Hollywood Actors — One of Whom Is Held in Higher Esteem Than the Other

Rob Schneider

Whim contributor Matt Passet, a man who has seen every Rob Schneider movie during its theatrical release since 1993’s Surf Ninjas, relates an encounter between the Happy Madison regular and an actor who disappears into his roles.

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A Conversation Between a Person from Idaho and a Person from North Dakota – Two States I Know Little About

North Dakota -- A place I have never been

Matt Passet, Whim’s most provincial contributor, delves into interstate commerce in his latest Conversation Piece, a short exchange between natives of the Gem State and the Rough Rider State.

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A Conversation Between Two Figures from the Bible – A Book I Have Only Skimmed

Moses in corporeal form.

Matt Passet, Whim’s least spiritual contributor, delves into the Old and New Testaments in his latest Conversation Piece, a short exchange between Moses and his boss’s son.

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A Conversation Between Two Beloved Icons of France – A Country I Have Never Visited

A Conversation Between Two Beloved Icons of France - A Country I Have Never Visited

For this week’s Conversation Piece, Whim contributor Matt Passet dutifully transcribes a brief chat between Napoleon Bonaparte and Marcel Marceau, despite having never taken French, nor ventured further than 50 yards off the Atlantic coast.

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A Conversation Between a Hedgefund Manager and a Civil Engineer – Two Professions I Don’t Really Understand

Welcome to Conversation Pieces, in which Whim contributor Matt Passet reports on conversations between people as imagined by someone with an American public-school education and who didn’t pay too much attention in school but who did just enough to pass the exams.

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